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Self Control
One of the things we’ve been working on with Eddie is self control. While he’s extremely laid back at home and will happily nap the day away, the prospect of food and going outdoors excite him greatly. Thankfully, he has … Continue reading
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Training
As I’ve mentioned before, we could benefit from formal training classes to learn the best ways to work with Edwin’s quirks so that he can be more successful in his forever home. He is a very good dog at home, … Continue reading
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The best and worst part of fostering
Anyone who’s fostered animals probably knows exactly what I mean without reading further. There is one day of fostering that makes a foster parent want to jump for joy and go curl up in a bleary-eyed ball all at once. … Continue reading
Agility Dogs
On Friday, the boys kept alerting me of dogs in the parking lot of a nearby hotel. It’s pet friendly, but usually there aren’t many dogs strolling around in the lot. When I looked outside and saw several people, each … Continue reading
Proposed Foster Regulations
I have no problem with rescues checking out foster homes, making sure other dogs in the home are vaccinated and friendly, receiving adequate exercise, etc. But imagine the impact these proposed regulations would have on foster parents, rescues, and even … Continue reading
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Super Urgent – In Need of Rescue
The local shelter where we adopted Gambit and both of our current fosters have been through as well has managed to send every dog on the euthanasia list to a rescue since they started an urgent list on Facebook a … Continue reading
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Tagged Adoption, American Pit Bull, Animal welfare, dog, Dog Rescue, Dog Transport, Foster care, Pet, Pit Bull, Pittie, Rescue, Rescues and Shelters, Urgent List
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Attempting to foster
A couple of months after adopting Gambit, my husband was already pressing to get a second dog. When his family had dogs during his childhood, they were always pairs. I knew the vet bills for two dogs of about the … Continue reading
The first rescue dog
There was never a day in my life where my family didn’t have one or more pets. Cats, dogs, fish, hermit crabs, a couple sheep, even a rescue goat. Some we sought out to adopt, but my parents’ house regularly … Continue reading
